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Fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing same

US7984551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. · US

Inventors

Patrick McCorry · Plymouth, US
Tom Czarniecki · Dearborn, US
Monty Csapo · Livonia, US
Todd Duffield · Westland, US
Matthias Grutgen · Rübhausen, DE
Frank Kramer · Cologne, DE
Alan Coleman · Southgate, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2005
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49504
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing the same. The wheel includes a rim and a disc secured to the rim. The disc includes a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface and a window formed therein between adjacent pairs of spokes and having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the windows extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc, at least one of the windows includes at least a first window portion and a second window portion, the first window portion being formed by a first piercing operation and the second window portion being formed by a second piercing operation.

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